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Redressing Inequalities Through

Combating Corruption

I would like to join other parliaments in congratulating the Parliament of Bangladesh for their
successfully convening the 136 Assembly of the IPU. Allow me to take this opportunity to
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introduce GOPAC.

We are the only international network of parliamentarians focused solely on combating
corruption. Our members represent more than 50 countries in all regions of the world, they
consist of current and former legislators and the nature of our collaboration is non-partisan.

The theme of this general debate is significantly important to us in GOPAC. In our Yogyakarta
Declaration, we affirm our vision of an equitable world where all citizens can live in equality of
opportunity and prosperity.

The 2016 Transparency International Corruption Perception Index (CPI) iterates the strong
connection between corruption and inequality. High gini ratio is almost always accompanied
with high CPI which confirm our belief that corruption, imbalance distribution of power and
unequal distribution of wealth, together form a vicious circle that perpetuates each other.
Furthermore, many studies suggest that corruption may impose substantial limitations on
developing countries efforts in redistributing wealth through taxation as well as other poverty
alleviation measures.

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